Co-delivery of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor specific siRNA and doxorubicin using chitosan-based nanoparticles enhanced anticancer efficacy in A549 lung cancer cell line.

Here, we investigated the effects of dual delivery of IGF-1R siRNA and doxorubicin by chitosan nanoparticles on viability of A549 lung cancer cells line by utilization of MTT and qRT-PCR. Furthermore apoptosis and migration of treated cells were assessed by Annexin-PI and wound healing assays, respectively. The chitosan nanoparticles had about 176 nm size with zeta potential and polydispersive index about 11 mV and 0.

IGF1R and c-met as therapeutic targets for colorectal cancer.

The type 1 IGF receptor (IGF1R) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) are hetrodimeric and transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinases, which are frequently overexpressed by several tumor types, including colorectal cancer (CRC). These receptors bind to their specific ligands, insulin growth factors (IGFs) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), respectively, and promote signaling cascades which mediates many functions such as proliferation and protection against apoptosis, cell scattering, tumor cell motility, invasion and metastasis. In patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), IGF1R and c-met expression confer resistance to cetuximab (monoclonal antibodies against EGFR).